Celebrate National Wear Red Day at BlackFinn Bethesda
Benefitting the American Heart Association
You could win a Tiffany’s necklace!
Friday, February 5
6PM – 9PM
RSVP to sduani@blackfinnbethesda.com
01
Feb
10
Bethesda Literary Festival
Bethesda Magazine and Bethesda Urban Partnership present…
Bethesda Literary Festival 2010
Adult & Young Adult Writing Contest
Deadline: February 26
The Bethesda Literary Festival, scheduled for April 16-18, 2010 will feature an adult and young adult essay and short story contest. The Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Magazine have partnered to honor writers with cash prizes and publishing opportunities.
Adult winners receive: $500 and published short story & essay in Bethesda Magazine, first place; $250, second place; $150, third place; $75, honorable mention. The first place winner will also receive a gift certificate to The Writer’s Center.
Young adult winners receive: $250, first place; $100, second place; $50, third place. Bethesda Magazine will print the first place Essay & Short Story.
The Thes likes Happy Hours. But we LOVE Happy Hours that benefit kids!
Please join the NIH community for a special Happy Hour at CADDIES ON CORDELL
Wednesday, December 16th
6:00 – 9:00 pm
to benefit
The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health
A $10 donation entitles you to extended Happy Hour specials including:
$3 Blue Moon, Stella, Bass, & Sam Adams & Half Price Appetizers
Buy $2 raffle tickets for a chance at a $50 gift card to Caddies!
All donations and raffle sales go to The Children’s Inn at NIH.
The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health, is a private, non-profit,
residential “place like home” for sick children and their families. Children come from across the country and around the world to stay together with their families in The Inn’s healing environment while receiving groundbreaking medical treatments at the NIH, the world’s leading biomedical research center. While the NIH takes care of the child’s medical needs, The Inn tends to the child’s heart, soul and spirit.
06
Dec
09
Meet the Redskins
On Monday, December 7, Morton’s The Steakhouse is hosting the Redskins for a Meet-and-Greet. Chat with your favorite athletes, get autographs, and enjoy Morton’s Bar Bites, all for free! The players will be around from 6:30pm to 8:00pm before heading into the boardroom to watch Monday Night football.
Morton’s The Steakhouse
7400 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD
301.657.2650
On Thursday, December 3, celebrate the Grand Opening of Flippin’ Pizza and get two free slices (cheese or pepperoni) and a drink during these special hours:
Lunch – Noon to 2:00pm
Dinner – 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Flippin’ Pizza Bethesda
10400 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20815
240.333.2490
11
Nov
09
Transportation Still a Hot Topic
Our friends over at Greater Greater Washington, always offering insights on the DC area’s transportation and infrastructure, have reported that Montgomery County Council yesterday voted on a policy for widening 270. The Council approved the construction of two reversible High-Occupancy Toll lanes from Shady Grove north to Frederick County. Carpools and buses would drive for free. Though much of yesterday’s hearing focused on issues in northern Montgomery County, many DC and Bethesda workers live in the outlying areas north of Bethesda.
Bethesda, and the DC area overall, continues to have a transportation problem, be it the congestion, lack of necessary infrastructure and, despite Metro’s assertions to the contrary, poor public transportation. The transportation issue was one of McDonnell’s platform issues in his win over Creigh Deeds for Virginia Governor. These problems were highlighted in last week’s 2 day traffic light debacle that double or tripled people’s work commutes.
Also discussed at the Council hearing was the ongoing debate between Montgomery County Light Rail or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). This same debate continues for the Purple Line or BRT. The Council will vote on the I-270 widening next week, but given Maryland’s fiscal problems, don’t expect too much movement on these projects in the near term, regardless of what plan is ultimately approved.
Scripps Networks has purchased a 65% stake in the Cox Communications, which owns the Travel Channel, headquartered in Bethesda, MD. Other offers came in from News Corp. and Time Warner. The purchase of the Travel Channel from the former majority stakeholder Discovery Communications (just down East-West Highway in Silver Spring) totaled $975 million dollars in a year where media media companies have been struggling.
Does this mean a move the the company? It’s hard to say so early in the process, but it can be taken as a sign of a potential economic upswing in the works. Scripps CEO Ken Lowe said in a statement on the deal that Scripps can “build on Travel’s strong brand identity and leverage the successes achieved to date by the top-notch team at Travel Channel and our new partners at Cox Communications.” It’s also a sign that the Bethesda area continues to be a strong economic center in the DC area.
Bethesda Cares, a local community outreach center for the homeless is hosting a Happy Hour November 4th at Relic from 4p to 8p. 15% of all food and drink sales will go to the nonprofit, and there will be a collection box for new tube socks (to help the homeless keep their feet clean to prevent disease and infection). Sales of $1 raffle tickets will also be donated to Bethesda Cares. The raffle for two $50 gift certificates to Relic Restaurant Lounge & Bar will be conducted at 7:30pm.
Happy hour specials will include beers for $3, “You-Call-It” (Almost anything at the bar including top shelf) for $5, half-price burger with fries for $4, and calamari or mussels or frogs legs for $5.
Relic
4936 Fairmont Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20914
301.656.1209
Ladies take note: according to this article, which reamed through census data, Bethesda, MD is the top city to find attractive single men. Looking at factors such as income, health, weight, and education, the authors cite Bethesda as pretty much having it all.
Many of these factors become apparent after the article sheds light on it. “The city is the second smartest, according to Forbes, and a higher than average number make more than $100,000 a year. Bethesda also has one of the lowest percentages of drinkers and smokers in the country, and is in the top percentile of healthy, active and fit people.” By that reasoning, one could assume the attractiveness index applies to the women of Bethesda as well.
Boulder, CO in number 2 makes sense as it’s consistently ranked a “fit” city overall and Cambridge, MA at number 3 also fits into the educated category. Despite all its actor-waiters and model-hopefuls, LA rounds out the list of cities with attractive men at number 10. (Note the absence of Arlington, VA from the list)
